A student nurse, caring for a client diagnosed with schizophrenia asks how medications work to help control the client's symptoms. Which responses by the nurse are appropriate in this situation?

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Rationale 1: There is a theory that overactive dopaminergic pathways in the basal ganglia are associated with the symptoms of schizophrenia.
Rationale 2: Most antipsychotic drugs act by entering dopaminergic synapses and competing with dopamine. By blocking dopamine receptors, antipsychotic drugs reduce the symptoms of schizophrenia.
Rationale 3: Antipsychotic medications do not correct the genetic component of schizophrenia.
Rationale 4: Antipsychotic medications are not sedatives.
Rationale 5: Antipsychotic medications do not stimulate dopamine receptors.

A Student Nurse, Caring for a Client Diagnosed with Schizophrenia